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Five things to watch as voting begins for Texas midterm elections
Dallas Morning NewsAs the early voting period opens Monday, here are five things to watch for these midterm elections.
The Latino vote
Abbott has boasted that he’ll win the Texas Latino vote, particularly in South Texas, where the GOP is pushing hard to win three congressional races.
The most recent poll by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas-Tyler shows Latino voters narrowly favoring O’Rourke over Abbott by a 41% to 37% margin. That’s not good news for the challenger. O’Rourke needs to win over Latinos by a significant margin to upend Abbott.
Abbott has boasted that he’ll win the Texas Latino vote, particularly in South Texas, where the GOP is pushing hard to win three congressional races.
The most recent poll by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas-Tyler shows Latino voters narrowly favoring O’Rourke over Abbott by a 41% to 37% margin. That’s not good news for the challenger. O’Rourke needs to win over Latinos by a significant margin to upend Abbott.
Anger over the loss of national abortion rights
In some states there is evidence that the June Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade created energy among abortion rights advocates looking to land a blow at the ballot box. But how the decision will affect Texas politics is an open question.
Unlike Kansas, where this summer voters approved abortion rights through a public referendum, Texans will have to make their disdain or approval of the decision made via votes in candidate elections, like the race for governor or attorney general.
In some states there is evidence that the June Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade created energy among abortion rights advocates looking to land a blow at the ballot box. But how the decision will affect Texas politics is an open question.
Unlike Kansas, where this summer voters approved abortion rights through a public referendum, Texans will have to make their disdain or approval of the decision made via votes in candidate elections, like the race for governor or attorney general.
Joe Biden’s unpopularity in Texas
Texas Republicans are blaming President Joe Biden for the higher prices of goods, the flood of migrants at the southern border and a general feeling that they are not better off than they were two years ago.
Sitting presidents almost always take losses in midterm elections, but Democrats are hopeful that some of Biden’s legislative success, including a bipartisan infrastructure law, some criminal justice reform and an inflation reduction law that lowers some prescription drug prices will motivate base voters and some independents to soften the blow.
Texas Republicans are blaming President Joe Biden for the higher prices of goods, the flood of migrants at the southern border and a general feeling that they are not better off than they were two years ago.
Sitting presidents almost always take losses in midterm elections, but Democrats are hopeful that some of Biden’s legislative success, including a bipartisan infrastructure law, some criminal justice reform and an inflation reduction law that lowers some prescription drug prices will motivate base voters and some independents to soften the blow.
